Israel’s ambassador to UK forced to flee violent students at London’s LSE

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely has been forced to flee London’s School of Economics and Political Science on Monday night after being violently assaulted by students. Read more

Kristallnacht

November 9-10, 1938, marked the onset of the Holocaust. Read more

78 Arabs arrested in police’s largest arms bust in history

Around 1,600 Israeli police officers raided dozens of targets across Israel on Tuesday morning and arrested 78 major weapons dealers in the Arab sector, the largest operation of its kind against illegal weapons trafficking since the establishment of the state. Read more

Lapid meets with J Street-led Democrat trip, including vocal critics of Israel

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with a visiting congressional delegation of Democrats on Monday organized by J Street. Read more

BDS supporters harass Miss South Africa on competing in Israel-hosted pageant

The beauty queen who will represent South Africa in the 2021 “Miss Universe” pageant set to take place in the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat is facing online harassment by supporters of the BDS movement against Israel. Read more

Celebration of Special Religious Education

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark opened the 5^th Celebration of Special Religious Education (SRE) – held online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, with over 800 participants logging in. Read more

Ford fitting its new trucks with Israeli water-from-air tech

Ford has announced that it will install small Israeli-developed water-from-air units on its new vehicles, boosting the off-road experience the truck can provide. Read more

Hamas sentences two to death for collaborating with Israel

The Hamas military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced on Monday three residents to death, two of them for collaborating with Israeli intelligence and one for drug trafficking. Read more

Major Israeli food businesses Shufersal and Strauss under investigation for price fixing

Two of Israel’s largest companies, The Shufersal supermarket chain and the Strauss food production company known largely for its dairy products, are currently under investigation for price-fixing schemes. Read more

Chief Of Staff: IDF ‘accelerating’ operational readiness to deal with Iran

The IDF is “accelerating” its readiness to contend with Iran’s nuclear and military threat to Israel while contending with six arenas simultaneously, IDF Chief of Staff Avi Kochavi told the Knesset. Read more

NSW Government delays Secord bill to ban Nazi symbols and flags until next year

In the NSW State Parliament today,  NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism Walt Secord slammed the Perrottet Government for delaying the bill to ban Nazi flags and symbols – saying there was a “small pocket” opposed to the legislation. Read more

Israeli defence company Steadicopter unveils new unmanned helicopter

The Israeli defence company Steadicopter Ltd. unveiled a new unmanned helicopter on Tuesday named Black Eagle 50 Electric. Read more

Ben-Gurion Day to honour Jewish state’s founding father, host of Israeli achievers

The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will commemorate Ben-Gurion Day on Nov. 10 with an awards ceremony attended by Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the BGU Marcus Family Campus. Read more

Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist to head Israeli Olympic Committee

Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist is breaking new ground once again, with her appointment as the first woman to ever head the country’s Olympic Committee. Read more

Israel’s top-ranked cycling team makes its long-awaited homecoming

When Team Israel Start-Up Nation cyclist Guy Niv connects with his fellow riders, it usually requires flying from Ben-Gurion International Airport to Europe or some other far-off destination for a training ride or a race. Read more

Three generations convert to Judaism together on the same day and an orthodox chupah for octogenerians

Boris and Ludmila emigrated to Israel from Russia in the 1990s, as part of the great wave of aliyah from the former Soviet Union. Read more

For the first time, Israel approves entry of hi-tech workers from PA

Israel’s Cabinet decided on Sunday to approve a quota of workers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to work in the high-tech sector in Israel. Read more

Tourist groups can enter Israel without 3rd vaccine

The Corona Cabinet approved on Sunday evening a new outline that will enable groups of tourists vaccinated with two COVID-19 vaccines to enter Israel, even if more than six months have passed from the time they received the vaccine, and even if they have not received the third vaccine. Read more

Haley, Pence warn Israel not to rely on Biden

“Israel should not count on Biden to stop the Iran nuclear program,” Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations, warned, calling on Israel to defend itself. Read more

PA to declare Israeli organisations as terrorist entities in response to Israel’s proscribing of 6 PFLP-Linked ones

The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Saturday that it is preparing lists of “settler organizations” operating in Judea and Samaria with a goal of prosecuting them. Read more

Palestinians demand the reopening of the American consulate in Jerusalem: behind the scenes, what America demands from the PA in exchange for opening the consulate

The Palestinian Authority is losing patience and is demanding that the United States fulfil its promise to reopen the US Consulate in Jerusalem, this is according to various sources in the PA and the PLO. Read more

Israel’s president calls for ‘unprecedented cross-border cooperation’ to fight global challenges

The challenges the world faces, from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change, require “unprecedented cross-border cooperation, which transcends disciplines and institutions,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog declared. Read more

Herzog shows his appreciation to the Australian Jewish community

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has written to Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler, welcoming the announcement that Australia will adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, and congratulating the Jewish community for its role in securing its adoption. Read more

Bennett reiterates Israel’s opposition to opening of US consulate in Jerusalem

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reiterated Israel’s opposition to the US’ moves toward the opening of a US consulate in Jerusalem that would provide services to Arabs from the Palestinian Authority (PA). Read more

FIFA fines Scottish soccer association after fans boo Israeli national anthem

FIFA has fined Scotland’s governing body of soccer after some Scottish fans booed the Israeli national anthem “Hatikvah” at the start of a World Cup qualifying match last month between the two countries. Read more

Paris court fines social-media users for hate posts targeting ‘Miss France’ runner-up

Seven people have been fined for targeting the runner-up of the “Miss France” 2021 competition with antisemitic verbal abuse on social media, reported France 24. Read more

Women of the Wall hold Rosh Chodesh services at Kotel, heckled by Haredi protestors

The Women of the Wall held a prayer service at the Western Wall Plaza, the Kotel, Friday morning in celebration of Rosh Chodesh, the minor Jewish holiday held on the first day of the new Hebrew month. Friday is the first day of the month of Kislev. Read more

NSW Multiculturalism Minister supports ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir

In a wide-ranging three-hour NSW Parliamentary hearing on counter-terrorism and prisons on Friday, NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter Terrorism Walt Secord tabled a letter from NSW Multiculturalism Minister Natalie Ward where said she stated that she supported investigating a ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir. Read more

NCJWA adopts IHRA definition

The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. Read more

Israel passes first new budget in three years

After a marathon session, lasting through the night, Israel’s Knesset was finally able to pass a new state budget, albeit by the slimmest of margins, for the first time in more than three years. At 5:30 A.M. local time a new budget was passed by a vote of 61 – 59. Read more

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